Anne Ellis

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A former captain and coach of Britain's Olympic hockey team, she won the MBE, an OBE and was appointed vice-chair of the Sports Council for Wales. Ellis is Wales' most-capped female hockey player with 136 consecutive appearances during a playing career that saw her captain the national side for seven years and take part in two world championships - in 1975, when Wales finished runners-up to England, and 1979 when they placed fifth. She became president of the Welsh Hockey Union and was inducted into the Welsh Sporting Hall of Fame in 1999.

After retiring from international hockey 1980, she embarked on a coaching career which saw her coach Wales and the GB Olympic team, steer Swansea Ladies to six Welsh Cups in seven years and pick up a British Coach of the Year award. In 1979 Miss Ellis was awarded a Sports Council for Wales Medal of Honour for her services to Welsh hockey, and in 1980 she was presented with an MBE. She was presented with an OBE in 2005.